Improvement in signs



that new.

JAMES HARRISON, OF NEWX'ORK, N. Y;

Letters Patent No. 114,811, dated May 16, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SIGNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES HARRISON, of NewYork city, in the county and- State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Illuminating Signs; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, whichwill'enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure lis a front view of a sign illustratingmy improvement.

. Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the same taken through the linea: w, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail inner side view of a portion of the same,illustrating the manner in which the cups or glasses are secured inplace.

Similar letters of. reference indicate corresponding parts.

My iuventionhas for its object to improve the construction of theimproved illuminated signs patented by me the 4th day of September,1866, and numbered 57,711, so as to make them more secure and durable,and thus better and more desirable for use; and

It consists in the construction of the cups or glasses and in the mannerof securing them in place, as hereinalter more fully described.

. A represents the background of the sign, which may be made of sheetmetal or other suitable material, and behind which the light or lightsare placed.

B represents a raised letter or other device, which is secured to thebackground A, and which may be used or not, as may be desired.

O are the cups or glasses which are inserted through holes in thebackground A, and in the raised or blockletters or devices B when saidraised letters or devices -are used.

' Upon the side edges of the inner ends of the cups or glasses 0 areformed lugs c,'t\vo, more or less, and

the holes in the background A; and in the raised let-- ters or designsB, when said raised letters or designs are used; are formed one or morenotches, a, as shown in fig. 3-, to allow the lugs c to be passedthrough to the inner or rear side of the background A.

' A wire, D, is then wound once or twice around the inner end of thecups or glasses 0 between the lugs c and the background A, so that,should the cups or glasses O'work around so as to bring the lugs copposite the notches a', the wires D will prevent the possibility oftheir passing through.

This construction remedies a great objection to the signs as previouslyconstructed and as described in patent No. 57 ,7 11, as the cement withwhich the cups or glasses were secured in place in said sign wascontinually coming off and allowing the said cups or glasses to fall andbreak, which cannot occur when the cups 0r glasses are secured bylDBZLDS'Of lugs and wires, as herein described.

Having'thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. The lugs 0, two, more or less, formed upon the side edges of theinner ends of the cups or glasses 0, in combination with. perforated andnotched background A, substantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

JAMES HARRISON.

' Witnesses:

E. STEPHENSON, W. H. BEOKLEY.

